Hi Zara, and :welcome:! Please keep posting and asking questions. The subjects you have brought up have been discussed without being able to find answers. The discussion is important however and there are many opinions stated in these threads, that have later been proven to be true!! Thank you and again, please keep posting!
If someone is asphyxiating, seems to me the first thing you do is support their weight and pull the gag out.
Then remove anything constricting or blocking the mouth or airway. Otherwise, why would you even try to attempt cpr?
His reactions fit my theory that he was upset at Rebecca's actions, upset that he was the one who found her, upset that his nephew was also going to die. Accusing the man of covering up a murder that hasn't been ruled a murder is a bit of an unfair leap.
JMO
IMO the fact that he not only seemed upset, but angry on the 911 call, shows a closer, more intimate knowledge of events. AS needs to be further questioned. He also needs to be asked why he failed the polygraph exam, why he would expect Rebecca to answer his question of whether she was alive, with a gag in her mouth, a rope and t-shirt around her neck, and what led him to believe that any cpr he performed would be effective, with Rebecca's hands tied behind her back and a closed off airway.
Oh, one more question. If he went to bed at 8 pm, leaving the guest house, he sees Rebecca, enters the house to get a knife, but never tries to find out if his brother is there, if he has been harmed also. He is not concerned for his safety, seeing a naked 'girl' hanging from a balcony. What if it was a murder? Shouldn't he have been just a tiny bit scared spitless? Especially due to Max's accident and as Belle stated, he may not have thought it was an accident, if he was truly so angry. Especially if he thought Rebecca was guilty, as stated above.
Hmmm, come to think of it, he didn't know Max was going to die. Remember, JS called her HOURS after AS went to bed. He couldn't have known about the tragic turn for the worse that Max took. Bit oh my gosh, if he did know that woulf have fueled his anger against 'the girl' a hundred fold at least. This 'girl', living off his brother, killed his nephew!!! Yep, sounds like a whole he11 of a lot of motive to me.
I have no idea if AS is guilty, but I think he at the very least knows MUCH more than he has said.
Hmmm, and where is he?